Her sweet-tooth confections are so lifelike you have to look twice to see if they won't bite.

So it comes at no surprise that North Wales baker, Vicki Smith is regarded one of the best in the world.

Now in what can only be described as the icing on the cake, the 29-year-old from Flint has scooped a double gold at the Cake International 2016 at the Birmingham NEC.

Each painstaking creation took around 50 hours to make. For the competition she won top prize in the sculptured novelty section for the dolphin and sea lion cake.

She also walked away with the gong for her apple wedding cake in the wedding cake catergory.

Her attention to detail and dedication to her craft has earned her a string of awards after winning gold several times at Cake International for creations including a sloth cake and a four foot cake of Angelina Jolie as Maleficent.

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“I love capturing the realism but also putting some character and expression in to my cakes.

“I don’t like creating ordinary cakes, in fact a pure white plain cake would scare me as it would have to be completely flawless.”

Vicki Smith with the amazing sloth cake she made

Vicki, who began designing cakes in 2011 after being left disappointed by a cake that arrived for her boyfriend, now runs a successful business, ‘Incredible Edible’s’ at her home in Flint.

As part of her wedding cake creation, Vicki who grew her own natural geode crystals from sugar, also included a combination of sugar paste, flower paste, edible rice paper, sprinkles, edible pearls and gold leaves to craft the cake.

She added: “My apple wedding cake is based on a wedding cake I designed for a couple last year.

“However I wanted the challenge of going bigger so I added a flowing cut out element of natural geode crystals, a lot of which I grew myself from sugar.

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“I love the modern contemporary style and love the fact it is inspired by nature, corals, crystals and apples.”

The designer said the key to making her cakes to look so life-like is to try new things.

“I’m an artist at heart and I love pushing myself.

Maleficent cake which won Gold at Cake International in Birmingham created by Flint's Vicki Smith. It took 85 hours to make and weighs 55kg and also talks

“Sometimes I just have an idea and try it to see if it will work.

“For example with the sloth cake I made, I looked at a piece of shredded wheat and thought it looked a bit like hair - it had the natural tones and also had strand like structure to it - so I just gave it a go.”

And Vicki who said she is now involved in a few cake collaborations has bigger plans for 2017.

“I hope to be entering Cake International again in 2017 - they have a few new exciting categories like ‘pushing the boundaries’ and ‘fantasy flowers’ which sound perfect for me!”